Scrum-halves taking over as Springboks ring changes

JACQUES Nienaber’s South Africa have built themselves on versatility and that philosophy is illustrated with four scrumhalves in the match day 23 for their encounter against Romania today.

- BEN JAYCOCK

Grant Williams starts on the wing, Cobus Reinach takes the nine jersey, Jaden Hendrikse is on the bench and Faf de Klerk covers fly-half from the replacements.

“I’m not being disrespectful to Romania but it’s an opportunity to try him (De Klerk) out in a Test match under pressure at 10. He’s trained there for us numerous times,” Nienaber said.

“We’ve said Faf is our third-choice fly-half but this is a nice opportunity to give him a run at 10, controlling the game at 10 at Test-match level.”